Law Enforcement’s Secret “Super Search Engine” Amasses Trillions of Phone Records for Decades EFF Fights For More Disclosure About Hemisphere Program Although the government still hides too much information about a secret telephone records surveillance program known as Hemisphere, we have learned through EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits that police tout the massive database of private calls as “Google on Steroids" [pdf]. Hemisphere, which AT&T operates on behalf of federal, state, and local law enforcement, contains trillions of domestic and international phone call...

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